Aspects Of The Grammar Of Focus
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Author |
: Georges Rebuschi |
Publisher |
: John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 382 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9027227454 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789027227454 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Grammar of Focus by : Georges Rebuschi
The grammar of focus has been studied in generative grammar from its inception. It has been the subject of intense, detailed cross-linguistic investigation for over 20 years, particularly within the Principles and Parameters framework. It is appropriate at this point, therefore, to take stock. Appraisal at this particular point is all the more legitimate because it comes at a time of general evaluation of the results of the profound activity that has characterized the Principles and Parameters framework. This general assessment has produced a radical new direction within that framework. The volume starts off with an introductory chapter that aims to provide an outline for the assessment, to be followed by an overview of the evolution of the study of focus in generative grammar, and a recapitulation of the principal issues associated with focus. These issues are taken up in the remaining chapters of the book, where various grammatical means of marking focus (as well as grammaticalization of focus marking) are analyzed in a wide variety of languages.
Author |
: Przemysław Tajsner |
Publisher |
: Peter Lang |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3631579551 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783631579558 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aspects of the Grammar of Focus by : Przemysław Tajsner
The book examines the aspects of focus within the recent minimalist paradigm. Focus is viewed here as a grammar's response to the requirements of the systems external to (narrowly defined) language. Thus, the properties of focus are explored at the two interfaces: syntax-phonology and syntax-semantics. The book surveys some recent views on the interface and left-periphery status of focus. With respect to the semantics of focus, the book argues for its tripartite division into: information, non-exhaustive identification, and exhaustive identification. It further contains a proposal of the phase-based derivation of sentences featuring focus in English, and finally, offers an account of Polish, in which focus interestingly correlates with the phenomenon of scrambling.
Author |
: Carsten Breul |
Publisher |
: John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 450 |
Release |
: 2004-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9027227926 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789027227928 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Focus Structure in Generative Grammar by : Carsten Breul
The notion of focus structure in this work refers to the distinction between categorical, thetic and identificational sentences. The central claim is that the syntactic representation of every sentence has to encode which of these types of focus structure is realized. This claim is discussed in great detail with respect to syntax, intonation and semantics within the framework of the Minimalist Program. It is shown that the incorporation of focus structure into syntax offers new perspectives for a solution of vexing problems in syntax and semantics. For example, fronting (preposing, 'topicalisation') is treated as a syntactic operation which clearly belongs to core grammar, i.e. is not optional or 'stylistic'; the semantic notion of quantifier raising is dispensed with in favour of a focus structural treatment of phenomena which gave rise to it. The book appeals to generative linguists and to functional linguists who do not believe in an unbridgeable gap between the formal and functional analysis of language.
Author |
: Adrian Akmajian |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 672 |
Release |
: 1970 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:10585044 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aspects of the Grammar of Focus in English by : Adrian Akmajian
Author |
: Michael S. Rochemont |
Publisher |
: John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 235 |
Release |
: 1986-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789027286338 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9027286337 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Focus in Generative Grammar by : Michael S. Rochemont
The topic of this book is the notion of ‘focus’ and its linguistic characterization. The main thesis is that focus has a uniform grammatical identification only as a syntactic element with – in English at least – a certain systematic phonological interpretation and – presumably universally – a range of semantic interpretations. In broad respects, the framework within this investigation is conducted is that of Chomsky & Lasnik (1977) and the subsequent Government and Binding framework. After considering defining the location of prominence in a focused phrase in terms of constituent structure, the author argues that an argument structure approach to the focus phrase/prominence relation is more promising. This is then exemplified in analyses of cleft focus and constructional focus.
Author |
: Georges Rebuschi |
Publisher |
: John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 374 |
Release |
: 1999-11-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789027299284 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9027299285 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Grammar of Focus by : Georges Rebuschi
The grammar of focus has been studied in generative grammar from its inception. It has been the subject of intense, detailed cross-linguistic investigation for over 20 years, particularly within the Principles and Parameters framework. It is appropriate at this point, therefore, to take stock. Appraisal at this particular point is all the more legitimate because it comes at a time of general evaluation of the results of the profound activity that has characterized the Principles and Parameters framework. This general assessment has produced a radical new direction within that framework. The volume starts off with an introductory chapter that aims to provide an outline for the assessment, to be followed by an overview of the evolution of the study of focus in generative grammar, and a recapitulation of the principal issues associated with focus. These issues are taken up in the remaining chapters of the book, where various grammatical means of marking focus (as well as grammaticalization of focus marking) are analyzed in a wide variety of languages.
Author |
: Julia Horvath |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages |
: 252 |
Release |
: 2019-11-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110849165 |
ISBN-13 |
: 311084916X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis FOCUS in the Theory of Grammar and the Syntax of Hungarian by : Julia Horvath
The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon.
Author |
: Michael Shaun Rochemont |
Publisher |
: John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 234 |
Release |
: 1986-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789027227911 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9027227918 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Focus in Generative Grammar by : Michael Shaun Rochemont
The topic of this book is the notion of focus and its linguistic characterization. The main thesis is that focus has a uniform grammatical identification only as a syntactic element with in English at least a certain systematic phonological interpretation and presumably universally a range of semantic interpretations. In broad respects, the framework within this investigation is conducted is that of Chomsky & Lasnik (1977) and the subsequent Government and Binding framework. After considering defining the location of prominence in a focused phrase in terms of constituent structure, the author argues that an argument structure approach to the focus phrase/prominence relation is more promising. This is then exemplified in analyses of cleft focus and constructional focus.
Author |
: Luciana C. de Oliverira |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 143 |
Release |
: 2016-06-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780194002844 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0194002845 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Focus on Grammar and Meaning by : Luciana C. de Oliverira
Focus on Grammar and Meaning explores how to teach grammar effectively to second or foreign language learners aged 5–18. It provides teachers with research insights that will help them to reflect on their classroom practice and enable them to experiment with different ways of teaching grammar. Taking a ‘systemic-functional’ approach, the authors emphasize the importance of linking language and meaning in teaching. Key research studies on grammar instruction are featured, examples from real classroom practice are examined, and activities are provided to help teachers relate the content to their own teaching context. Additional online resources at www.oup.com/elt/teacher/fogm Luciana C. de Oliveira is Associate Professor of TESOL and Applied Linguistics at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. Mary J. Schleppegrell is Professor of Education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Author |
: Paul Werth |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2016-11-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781315401805 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1315401800 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Focus, Coherence and Emphasis by : Paul Werth
First published in 1984, this book examines a number of questions on the boundary of competence and performance — whose solutions have implications for linguistic theory in general. In particular, the form of grammatical statements, the relationship between various rules of grammar, the interaction between sentence in a sequence, and the inferences to be drawn from linguistic behaviour to linguistic knowledge. The author argues that many grammatical processes, inadequately handled by conventional sentence-grammars, require a text grammar in which the basic constitutive processes of information and deixis can be specified. They ago further to investigate the novel hypothesis that emphatic structure provides a crucial condition for the application of transformational rules, paying particular attention to the ‘movement-rules’ using mostly data culled from actual usage.